Cardiology

Dr. Katelyn Halpape, BSP, PharmD, ACPR
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Neurosciences, Vancouver General Hospital
This presentation will review the key studies and headlines from 2016 and how we can apply this information to practice.

Arden Barry, BSc, BSc(Pharm), PharmD, ACPR Clinical Pharmacy and Research Specialist, Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services; Assistant Professor (Partner), Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia; Associate Member, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia

The treatment of dyslipidemia is controversial despite a plethora of available published evidence. This has led to the development of multiple dyslipidemia guidelines— while these documents differ with respect philosophy and complexity, they are more similar than they are different. This presentation aims to explore three recently published dyslipidemia guidelines with the goal of deriving a few pragmatic considerations that participants can apply in practice.